Wayne Byers Show – Morning – Aug 17

CSi Weather…

REST OF TODAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTH WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY…PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

.THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE JAMESTOWN AREA, 50 PERCENT IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.FRIDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY.  20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING IN THE VALLEY CITY AREA.

HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTH WINDS 5 TO

15 MPH.

.FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY…MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS

IN THE UPPER 60S.

.SATURDAY NIGHT…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.

.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S.

LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S.

.MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS AROUND 80. LOWS IN

THE LOWER 50S.

 

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY  THROUGH FRIDAY, THAT MAY  CONTAIN SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

 

Jamestown  (CSi) Jamestown Public Works reports that fogging operations in the City of Jamestown for adult mosquitoes is scheduled to begin TONIGHT- Wednesday, August 17, 2016 through Thursday, August 18, 2016.

All fogging operations are contingent upon weather conditions. 

All fogging operations will take place between approximately 8:30 PM (dusk) until approximately 6:00 AM.

Parents are advised to keep children out of the streets and away from the fogging machines.

Motorists are urged to use caution when traveling in the vicinity of the fogging units.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Police continue the investigation into an early Tuesday morning stabbing and altercation in Southwest Jamestown, where a 32 year old Jamestown man and a 61 year old Jamestown man were injured.

Lt. James Hunt, reported that the stabbing at a home in the 900 block of 17^th Street Southwest occurred around 4:10 a.m.

The report says a 61 year old man who received cuts, in the confrontation, stabbed the 32 year old male during an altercation.

The stabbed man was transported to JRMC with a chest wound, and was later transported to another healthcare facility.

The 61 year old male was also taken to Jamestown Regional Medical Center, and was treated and released.

Jamestown Police continues with the investigation.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown Street Department reports that beginning Wednesday – August 17, 2016 , streets will be closed from the intersection of 5^th Ave SW and 18^th St SW through the intersection of 5^th Ave SW and 20^th St SW due to utility work.  Traffic/Detour signage will be posted as necessary.

Motorists and other traffic should use extreme caution when entering detoured areas. The public should consider alternate routes if possible.  The Road Closure is contingent upon changing weather conditions.

 

Update….

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 33-year-old man who died after his motorcycle collided with a sport utility vehicle in Bismarck.

Bismarck police say Denver Glas of Linton was pronounced dead at a local hospital Monday after the crash.

Authorities say the 28-year-old SUV driver, Darci Voldness, has been arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. She didn’t get injured in the crash.

Court records don’t list an attorney for the Jamestown woman. Bismarck police say the case is under investigation.

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  The Jamestown City Fire Department was called to 452 2^nd Street Southwest at about 11:07 a.m., Tuesday.

The fire fighters were dispatched to an active natural gas line that was cut during an excavation on the property.

The city fire fighters stood by the scene until a crew from MDU arrived on the scene to shut of the gas line.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr says all units of the JFD were initially called to the fire hall on standby, and one city fire unit and four firefighters responded to the scene.

Later Tuesday, just after 6:30-p.m. city fire fighters were called to 1510 11th Avenue, Northeast the Crosswinds Apartments,  to a report of a washing machine that had smoke coming from it.

Lt. Sheldon Mohr said the cause was due to malfunction in the machine adding that there was no fire.

No damage to the building, as residents were temporarily evacuated due to smoke, which was extracted by the fire department.

Five city fire units and 27 firefighter were on the scene about 20 minutes.

 

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The Valley City Commission met in Regular Session Tuesday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS INCLUDED:

A Game of Chance Raffle Permit for Valley City USBC Youth Bowling.

A new electrical license for Top Tier LLC.

PUBLIC FORUM:  Madeline Luke reported on an Opioid panel discussion of state and national officials she attended.  She related numbers of individuals misusing the drugs, and that they come by it from in many cases, friends or family.  She said the legal disposal may be accomplished at drop off locations at law enforcement locations.  She pointed out the drugs should be locked up to avoid individuals taking the drug without a doctor’s prescription.

RESOLUTIONS

City Commissioners approved a Resolution creating new fees for the Public Works Hook-up fees to existing water and sewer lines.  City Administrator Schelkoph pointed out that the city has incurred a 20 percent markup in parts for the system.  The resolution passed with Commissioner Magnuson voting  in opposition.

NEW BUSINESS

Approved the renewal of Gaming Site Authorization for the North Dakota Winter Show at the Valley City Eagles Club.

The City Commission then  approved blocking off frontage road in front of NAPA for their summer tool sale, August 29, 2016 from 9 am to 9 pm.

 

Commissioners tied on a 2-2 vote on appointing City Administrator, David Schelkoph to the MRES Board of Directors. Pedersen and Magunuson voting in favor, Ross and Bishop, opposed.

Before the vote Schelkoph told Commissioner Ross he would be in Sioux Falls, once a month, to serve on the board.

Ross suggested a job responsibility review of Schelkoph before adding more duties.

Commissioner Pedersen said the City Administrator is an ambassador of the city, and Schelkoph’s experience will be a great fit for the board position.

Commissioner Bishop asked if the board position is paid.

Following the vote, the appointment will be re-visited at a later date.

 

Considered adding a 2.19 percent surcharge onto credit card payments.  Public Works  Accountant Gary Jacobson said it would be a month before the surcharge takes effect.

Commissioner Ross moved to deny the surcharge which was unanimously approved.

 

Approved  appointing VCSU’s new Athletic Director, Nate Stewart, to the Visitor’s Committee to replace Jack Denholm.

 

Received an application for Property Tax Incentive for New or Expanding Businesses for Valley Bluffs, LLC and set public hearing date for September 6, 2016.  Commissioners approved receiving the application and setting the Public Hearing.

The Commission approved participation and maintenance agreement with the NDDOT for Project No. NHU-2-094(083)929 and NHU-2-094(084)930, Main Street from 3rd St SW – 5th Ave SE, for milling bituminous pavement, hot mix asphalt, ADA ramp construction and incidentals.

Commissioners also approved participation and maintenance agreement with the NDDOT for Project No. NHU-2-094(130)931, Main Street – 9th Avenue SE to City Limits, for hot mix asphalt, curb and gutter, sidewalk and incidentals.

Considered appointing an appraiser for Phase III Permanent Flood Protection buyouts. City Administrator Schelkoph no bids have been received.  He said another submission will be sent out and the item was tabled.

 

The City Commission officially recognized the continued employment of Police Chief Thompson.

City Administrator Schelkoph said in October of 2015, the city received Thompson’s resignation effective January 15, 2016.  He decided to stay on voluntarily while searching for another chief, and in the mist of the city revisiting the police department’s combing with the Sheriff’s Office, which was not affected.

Schelkoph said Thompson has requested to stay on as chief.  Thompson told the commission that he resigned due to a hostile working conditions, and an arbitrator agreed with the group, filing the complaint, and then former Mayor Werkhoven resigned.

The commission discussed the withdrawal of the resignation letter, which City Attorney Myhre said was not formally accepted by the City Commission.

Myhre’s legal opinion is that Chief Thompson has, and continues to be the police chief.

The motion was to recognized Thompson’s continued employment as chief.

The Commissioners voted unanimously to approve Thompson’s continued employment as police chief.

CITY ADMINISTRATORS REPORT  Nothing was stated by David Schelkoph.

CITY UPDATE & COMMISSION REPORTS

It was noted that absentee ballots are available at City Hall, for the September 15, 2016, Mayoral Election.  Ballots can be mailed, if requested.

Chief Thompson reminds residents not to allow strangers in your home, some, wanting to use the restroom, are looking for access to drugs.

KLJ reported a public input and discussion meeting will be held on Tuesday August 23, 2016, from 6-p.m., to 8-p.m., at City Hall on the proposed storm sewer project.

The meeting was shown live on CSi 68 followed by replays.

 

Valley City  (CSi) For its second consecutive year, the Al Larvick Conservation Fund (ALCF), along with its community partners are bringing events back to three North Dakota cities. The State Historical Society of North Dakota, Barnes County Historical Society, and Cass County Historical Society will once again host, “Exploring Home Movies of North Dakota”.

ALCF Executive Director, Kirsten Larvick says, “The fund is changing the format a bit this year by offering an earlier separate time for a informal open house before the screenings take place. For screenings, we’ll show selections from the ALCF 2015 North Dakota Grantee, Al Larvick family film, and partner archive collections. We hope this variety of material will inspire a live dialogue between presenters and audiences.”

Home movie celebrations will be held in Bismarck on August 29th, at the North Dakota Heritage Center; Valley City, August 30th at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum; West Fargo, August 31^st, at the Bonanzaville Cass County Historical Society. All event times are from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. for the open house, and from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. for the screenings.

Beginning at 6:00 p.m., visitors are welcome to stop by to view examples of various consumer film and video formats, and take a hand-out on caring and maintaining analog and digital home movie assets. Representatives will be on stand-by to answer any questions about their home movies, and assist with filling out the Al Larvick North Dakota Grant, which will open for submissions on August 29th, 2016.

The 7:00 p.m. screenings will include newly transferred films from decades past, which reflect various areas and communities of North Dakota. Presenters and speakers include Shane Molander, Deputy State Archivist, State Historical Society of North Dakota; Kirsten Larvick; Shari Huettl of The Memory Preserve (Bismarck event); Tamera Kapaun of TK Design (West Fargo event). 2015 ALCF grantees, Stephanie Kom and Carol Renner are invited to speak about their material as well.

The State Historical Society of North Dakota collects, digitizes and preserves home movies if they are believed to be of historic value. ALCF is inspired by Al Larvick, a man devoted to documenting everyday life activities. The fund’s mission is to preserve historical and cultural heritage through conversation, education, and public accessibility of American home and amateur recordings created prior to 1990.

ALCF’s North Dakota sponsor is The MediaPreserve. For more information about ALCF, visit allarvickfund.org. All Events are free and open to the public. To RSVP, please visit allarvickfund.eventbrite.com

 

BARLOW, N.D. (AP) — No injuries have been reported in the collapse of two grain bins in the Foster County community of Barlow.

Resident Kyle Hewitt says  the two 35,000-bushel bins owned by Allied Grain Co. collapsed shortly before 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Hewitt says other equipment came  down with the bins.

No cause  of the collapse was immediately determined.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a 33-year-old man who died after his motorcycle collided with a sport utility vehicle in Bismarck.

Bismarck police say Denver Glas of Linton was pronounced dead at a local hospital Monday after the crash.

Authorities say the 28-year-old SUV driver, Darci Voldness, has been arrested for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. She didn’t get injured in the crash.

Court records don’t list an attorney for the Jamestown woman. Bismarck police say the case is under investigation.

 

WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — An Arizona woman accused of causing a crash in the western North Dakota oil patch that killed three men has been ordered to serve 100 days in jail.

Authorities say 21-year-old Kayla Ciha, of Tucson, caused a July 2015 crash on a McKenzie County road while trying to pass in a no-passing zone. The crash killed men from North Dakota, Michigan and Idaho. Ciha wasn’t hurt.

Ciha faced three felony counts of negligent homicide and a misdemeanor charge of aggravated reckless driving.

State District Judge Robin Schmidt in March rejected a plea deal that called for Ciha to spend only one day in jail.

Ciha pleaded guilty late last week without a plea deal and was sentenced.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering protesters in North Dakota not to interfere with the construction of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline.

U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland granted the developer’s motion for a temporary restraining order Tuesday.

Dakota Access filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday against protesters. The Texas-based company’s complaint alleges protesters are putting the safety of workers and law enforcement at risk.

The order says lawful assembly and peaceful protest are “the hallmark of our democracy,” but threats of violence aren’t acceptable.

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe late last month sued federal regulators for approving the pipeline from North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa to Illinois.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The next hearing in the death penalty appeal of a man convicted of killing a University of North Dakota student in 2003 has been pushed back nearly six months to allow a new defense team to catch up on evidence.

A judge in June re-assigned the case of Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. to the Federal Community Defender Office, or FCDO, in Pennsylvania. The habeas corpus motion, considered the last step in the appeal process, was originally filed in 2011.

Before the change in lawyers, the next hearing was expected to take place Nov. 1. U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson on Tuesday moved it to March 28.

Rodriguez, a convicted sex offender, was convicted of killing Dru Sjodin (shuh-DEEN’), of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. It was North Dakota’s first federal death penalty case.

 

 

In sports…

AA..

Sioux City 1, Fargo-Moorhead 0

 

MLB…

INTERLEAGUE

ATLANTA (AP) — Ervin Santana scattered four hits over seven scoreless innings, Joe Mauer homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Atlanta Braves 4-2 on Tuesday night.

In a matchup of the two worst teams in the major leagues, Minnesota improved to 48-71, four games better than the Braves.

Santana (6-9) walked two and struck out six, throwing 64 of his 107 pitches for strikes to win his third straight start.

The Twins took a 1-0 lead in the first on Trevor Plouffe’s RBI double. In the eighth, Mauer hit his 10th homer and Kurt Suzuki had an RBI single to make it 3-0.

Brandon Kintzler earned his 12th save in 13 chances after facing four batters in the ninth.

Santana allowed three runners to get into scoring position before striking out Jace Peterson in the second, Chase d’Arnaud in the third and pinch-hitter Jeff Francoeur in the seventh.

 

Final Tampa Bay 15 San Diego 1

Final St. Louis 8 Houston 5

 

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Toronto 12 N-Y Yankees 6

Final Boston 5 Baltimore 3

Final Cleveland 3 Chi White Sox 1

Final Kansas City 6 Detroit 1

Final Texas 5 Oakland 4, 10 Innings

Final L.A. Angels 7 Seattle 6

 

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Chi Cubs 4 Milwaukee 0

Final L.A. Dodgers 15 Philadelphia 5

Final Cincinnati 6 Miami 3

Final Chi Cubs 4 Milwaukee 1

Final Colorado 6 Washington 2

Final N-Y Mets 7 Arizona 5

Final Pittsburgh 4 San Francisco 3

 

UNDATED (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals will have to make do without outfielder Matt Holliday and reliever Seth Maness (MAY’-nehs) as they try to capture an NL wild-card berth. Holliday will undergo right thumb surgery that could sideline him for the rest of the regular season. Maness is slated for season-ending Tommy John surgery after becoming one of 12 Redbirds on the disabled list.

 

ATLANTA (AP) — The Detroit Tigers have added infield depth by acquiring shortstop Erick Aybar (EYE’-bahr) from Atlanta for a minor league catcher. Aybar is hitting .242 with two home runs and 26 RBIs this season, the final year of his contract. He gives the Tigers experience at shortstop as Jose Iglesias recovers from a hamstring injury.

 

 

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Ron Vander Kelen has died. He was 76 years old.

Vander Kelen was drafted by the New York Jets in the AFL out of Wisconsin. Instead of going to the Jets, he opted to sign with the Vikings as a free agent.

Vander Kelen played five seasons — largely backing up Fran Tarkenton — and threw for six touchdowns, starting five games.

He led the Vikings to a 34-13 win over Philadelphia when Tarkenton was out with an injury and became the first Minnesota quarterback to to win his first start as a rookie. The Vikings, in a statement announcing Vander Kelen’s death, say the team has passed along its condolences to Vander Kelen’s family.

 

OLYMPICS-WNBA…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. women’s basketball team showed off its speed, size and depth in a 110-64 victory over Japan and advanced to the semifinals with another convincing win.

Minnestoa Lynx star Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi of Phoenix each scored 19 points as the U.S. routed Japan for its 47th straight win. The U.S. did it without Sue Bird for most the game as the point guard went down in the second quarter with a knee injury.

The Americans, who will play France in the semifinals Thursday, apparently even impressed Japan.

 

RIO JANEIRO (AP) — U.S. gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman have completed their medal haul by finishing 1-2 in the floor exercise at the Summer Games. Biles leaves Rio with four gold medals and a bronze, while Raisman comes away with two silver and a gold. American Danell Leyva has earned the silver medal in the men’s parallel bars, finishing behind Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine.

 

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